The Security box, podcast 187: What's going on with our drinking water?

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Hello everyone, welcome to program number 187 of the security box. On this program, we're going to talk about our drinking water. No, not the fact that it could taste bad or that it is the best water ever, we'll talk about the security aspect of where our drinking water comes from. Besides that, the news, the notes and the landscape. Remember to contact us with your questions, comments or concerns. If we don't know, we've got people that do, so get those questions in.

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Open forum: A New Service

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Some of the newsy items

• Unconfirmed, trust wallet could be at risk with a zero day
• Bot attacks as a top threat this year was supposed to be posted earlier but it missed its schedule
• Sans News Bites for April 16, 2024
• Lawfirms now have AI Generated lawyers?

Some may bring these up, but may bring other things as well. We'll have to see. Keep on reading!

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Topic: Our Drinking Water

I've never really liked the taste of water. Especially from our faucets. But this podcast isn't talking about whether we like water, which we're told we should drink to keep ourselves healthy.

I know, I know, I'm just as guilty as the rest when it comes to that. But this podcast isn't about whether we like the stuff, its about the security of how it gets to us. We know it goes through pipes, but do we honestly know how it gets to those pipes to how we drink it, cook with it, or use it in our coffee? There's an elaborate system, but is it as secure as it can be?

Apparently, hackers can get in to these systems, and this is where we could be in some real trouble. The latest blog post I penned on this subject is titled Hackers interrupting critical drinking water which links to the CyberNews article US officials warn of hackers disrupting the “critical lifeline” of drinking water which was an interesting read.

If you search for water by itself, you'll find other blogs like:

• Cyber Attack cuts off Water for 2 days
• Iran hits Pennsylvania water fascility
• Water treatment facility breached by California man and
• The Security box, podcast 52: The Security of our Water Supply, news notes and a very interesting robery story to boot

The last item is a podcast where we talked about this before. There may be others including group names that may have water in its name, but the items above are the highlights of what I want to bring about for this discussion.

With this knowledge and the article from CyberNews, where are we in this space? I guess we'll find out.

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